Girl Nearly Dies, Loses Two Limbs After Doctors Refuse To Treat Her, Tell Her To Go Home

When 11-year-old Nupur Mate complained that she had a headache, her mother took her temperature and monitored her symptoms.

It seemed like the common cold, or maybe the flu, but when her fever hit 102.2 F and she couldn't stop shivering, her parents rushed her to the emergency room at a nearby hospital in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Doctors took one look a the little girl and told her parents to take her home, it was the flu and she could recover from it at home. But Nupur didn't get better, so her parents took her back a second time. Again, doctors told them to take her home, it was definitely the flu.

By the third visit to the hospital, Nupur's heart stopped and she had to be resuscitated. The young girl then underwent surgery to amputate two limbs: her left arm and right leg. Now, she is surviving on dialysis at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

Her diagnosis? A serious bacterial infection caused by streptococcus A.

According to an interview with Dr. Alison McGeer, it is quite rare that this infection would progress the way it did in Nupur.

CBC reports that it's a one-in-a-million instance for strep A to cause toxic shock as it did in this case. There is also no vaccine to prevent a streptococcus A infection — and no way to tell who can fight the infection and who cannot.

Her spirit endures:

Although this horrible infection has nearly taken her life, Nupur's spirit and will to live is still strong.

The young girl will remain in Sick Kids on dialysis until her kidneys stabilize and then she has a long road ahead of rehabilitation and prosthetics.

"It attacked everything in her body but her spirit," her mother said.

You can donate to the GoFundMe campaign to help relieve some of the financial burden of Nupur's recovery.